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jess, forget all the possibilities that everyone has mentioned here about the dangers of a tank popping. don't you think that the airline security people as well as the customs guy's would like to be able to look inside a tank.you know, like for contraband or explosives.don't you think a scuba tank would make a hell of a pipe bomb???? dive on & on hank In a message dated 96-04-20 13:08:28 EDT, you write: >From: jessa@IC*.Ne* (Jess Armantrout) >Just curious...when those funny little masks drop down to deliver o2, where >does the o2 come from. I always figured it would have come from compressed >gas cylinders. > > > >At 10:56 AM 4/20/96 -0500, mkravit@ga*.ne* wrote: >>Just got off the phone with my brother. He is a 767 Captain for United, >>amnd a Scuba diver. I asked him why the airlines require that the tanks be >>emptied and told him a little of the discussion going on here. He said that >>although he is not an expert, the airlines are concerned with tank failure. >>It is not impossible for a tank to failure for stricktly structural reasons. > >>The resulting explosion could damage control systems, the airplanes >>structure, etc. >> >>More importantly, he could not understand why anyone would violate the >>safety rules. Bringing a full tank on board is considered an explosive >>device and a federal offense and a felony. >> >>Better yet, the airlines announced to all personnel this week that due to >>the middle east situation, all baggage that is brought or checked onto all >>domestic and international flights would be x-rayed beginning immediately. >> >>I am sure, and hope that our fellow divers would understand that although >>tank failure is unlikely, the airlines do not take chances. If you carry or >>check or sneak full cylinders on any commercial airline and get caught, you >>are in a ton of shit. >> >>Be safe, and pay the vip fee. It is not worth getting arrested or worse. >> >>Regards >>Mike >>-- >>Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. >>Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >> > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. > > >----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- >From owner-techdiver@terra.net Sat Apr 20 13:08:00 1996 >Return-Path: owner-techdiver@terra.net >Received: from bighorn.terra.net (bighorn.terra.net [199.103.128.2]) by >emin04.mail.aol.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id NAA25986; Sat, 20 Apr 1996 >13:07:59 -0400 >Received: (daemon@lo*) > by bighorn.terra.net (8.7.4/jr2.10) > id MAA18247; Sat, 20 Apr 1996 12:31:06 -0400 >Precedence: bulk >Errors-To: owner-techdiver@terra.net >Received: from ICSI.Net (root@ns*.IC*.Ne* [199.1.96.110]) > by bighorn.terra.net (8.7.4/jr2.10) with SMTP > id MAA18211; Sat, 20 Apr 1996 12:31:02 -0400 >Received: from ppp047-victtx.ICSI.Net by ICSI.Net (5.x/SMI-SVR4) > id AA02902; Sat, 20 Apr 1996 11:33:58 -0500 >Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 11:33:56 -0500 >Message-Id: <1.5.4b12.16.19960420112651.1a17b17e@ma*.ic*.ne*> >X-Sender: jessa@ma*.ic*.ne* >X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4b12 (16) >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >To: <mkravit@ga*.ne*>, techdiver@terra.net >From: Jess Armantrout <jessa@IC*.Ne*> >Subject: Re: Tanks in Planes
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